"You must judge a man's greatness by..." - Quote by Will Rogers
You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.
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“Every time somebody has thought of relief for the farmer it has been to make it so he could borrow more money. What he needs is some way to pay back. Not some way to borrow more.”
“If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.”
“You must never tell a thing. You must illustrate it. We learn throughthe eye and not the noggin.”
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“When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked the world. I am from the House of Shock”
“As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development.”
“Hold those things that tell your history and protect them.”
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“If Shakespeare had never existed, he asked, would the world have differed much from what it is today? Does the progress of civilization depend upon great men? Is the lot of the average human being better now that in the time of the Pharaohs?”
“No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams.”
“There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”